Barbeque at my Bro's...

All summer long we enjoy camping with the family.  My brother and his family along with my dad and step-mom, and my grandparents all go on local camping trips together.  My grandparents have some beautiful property along one of our local rivers that my family has used for camping since before I was born.  It is beautiful, and a perfect place for the kiddos to swim.  We are all itching to get camping, but thought we'd settle for an evening barbeque at my brother's house.  There's nothing like sitting around the fire on a cool Oregon evening.  The same river also runs behind my brother's house.  It's a bit of a treck to get down to it.  It's not quite ready for swimming just yet.  The river is still too high and swift.  As we get closer to summer, the river recedes and becomes calm and crystal clear.  I can't wait.  I promise to post lots of photos of our first camping trip of the season!  Here's some b-b-q pictures.  I wish all of my new blogging friends could visit around the fire with us!

Getting the fire started!  And as always, punks running in the background.  Now for some back yard views...sorry there are so many, I have a compulsive picture posting problem.  Stick with me.... just imagine you are breathing in that fresh pacific northwest air, eating yummy food, and having a nice cocktail that my sis in law made.  I think it was a mojito???  Is that how you spell that?  I don't know but it was y-u-m-m-y.

This next picture is of my brother and his sweet dog Roz.  She has been such a great companion over these past 14 years.  Now she has painful joints and has trouble getting around.  I don't think she'll get to go camping with us this year.  When the kids were smaller she used to watch them very carefully when they'd swim at the river.  She follows them and makes sure they don't go out too far.  She's been known to drag a child by his or her life jacket back to the shoreline!  One time she swam past my youngest and swam back and forth to make sure she wouldn't go out too far.  We love her.

My brother doesn't know his picture is here for all to see.  He doesn't even know I have a blog.  He he.  Let's see if I can find his first grade picture where he sported his favorite necklace, a cowboy riding a bucking bronco.  Oh yeah.  I'll have to get on that.

Comments

[Sabine]

Hi Sarah,
how happy you can be with a family, such a nice place and a dog like that. I can image how wonderful the BBQ smells, hmmmm....
It´s lunchtime now and I have to cook!
See you, hehe
Sabine

[periwinkle]

Hope you had lovely BBQ, such a lovely place to go camping. I can't wait until Baby G is old enough for us to go camping too
Lisa x

[Doe]

Fresh air, green surroundings, barbecue, great company, yummy food and cocktails...sounds like a fun party to me!

Thanks for visiting my blog. I don't remember how I found you but I'm glad I did. I thought you live somewhere in England with your amazing photos of your quaint little town, your home and your wonderful quilts that I would love to make. Sooo lovely!!!! Will be coming back here often.

[Rachael]

Hi Sarah,

Great to see your family fun! It's so lovely to be able to get outside isn't it? Spring is the best.

[Kirstie]

I love your blog! I will visit often. Can't wait to see what's up next. :)